Although Google claims to be protecting our information in its privacy policy, they still retain the right to share that information with law enforcement or government agencies as they see fit.  They can change their privacy policy any time by changing the terms of agreement, which are pages long, and very few people actually read them.  You could agree to sharing your private information without even realizing it just by clicking yes to new terms of agreement.  Also, if Google were ever to sell to a less reliable company, although users would be informed, there is no telling if you would be able to get your private information off of Google’s system before the new company could see it.  Personally identifiable information is supposed to only be stored for 18 months, and then the IP address is anonymized, but this is not stated in the privacy policy, only in a video produced by Google.  Even if the information is anonymized, the identity of the user can still be figured out based on their online habits and cookies.

Another problem with Google’s privacy policy is that to opt out of their data storing, which they use to target ads to you that are specific to your interests and browsing history, you have to go through a multi-step process, and service is not always as reliant if you do opt out.  If you want to be taken off of Google street view, you must send a request to Google after the image of your property is posted online.  If it is a license plate or face, they will only blur it out, but you could still be identified by the environment around you.  Overall, the idea of what is private on the internet is still debated, and therefore it is difficult to protect what you want to be private from Google’s database.